Oh what a mess. The N.C. Department of Public Safety has reinstated Warren Turner, paying him back wages, and even threw in $10,000 for his legal fees. This raises several points:
1. It’s really, really hard to fire a state employee, especially in law enforcement, and this is just the latest example.
2. Given the above, why was he fired in the first place? That he wouldn’t go quietly was pretty much a given, so one would expect all the ts to crossed.
3. Will there be any consequences to all this? Probably not. Turner is no longer on city council, so he won’t be able to annoy or harass city staff, which makes the higher ups in city government happy. Turner also will be assigned to Gaston County, so has a new boss too. So sounds like a win/win for everyone. Everyone but taxpayers that is.
